September 2018 - N8 AgriFood

All eight of N8 AgriFood’s cities are now officially Sustainable Food Cities

20th September 2018

The importance of food sustainability is spreading across the N8 AgriFood network and beyond as each of the programme’s eight universities now sits within an officially declared Sustainable Food City.

York is the latest city to be granted the status by the national Sustainable Food Cities programme, after a bid was put in by Good Food York.

The Sustainable Food City title had already been awarded to all seven of the other cities that are home to N8 Agrifood’s university partners.

N8 AgriFood to work with Argentina on non-GMO soya production

12th September 2018

One of the world leaders in the global supply of key commodities is stepping up efforts to meet demand for non-GM soya with assistance from agri-food experts in the north of England.

Researchers and farming officials in Argentina, which as a country produces 20% of the global uptake of soybean, have been working to develop partnership opportunities with the UK’s agricultural industry by teaming up with N8 Agrifood.

Uniting food supply chain expertise from the eight most research intensive universities in northern England,

Agri-Tech Innovation Opportunities in Argentina

10th September 2018

UK agri-tech businesses and researchers are invited to a free workshop to learn more about innovation opportunities in Argentina.

The N8 AgriFood Programme and Lancaster University are offering a half-day event focusing on agri-tech innovation, export and supply opportunities for UK Businesses with Argentina.

Held at Lancaster University on 11th September 2018, the half day workshop will provide an opportunity to hear from senior Argentinian researchers from the Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET),

N8 AgriFood launches doctoral seminar on sustainable food systems

3rd September 2018

N8 AgriFood are working on a doctoral training progamme, and as part of this we are launching a seminar at the University of York 16th October to coincide with World Food Day. The seminar is aimed at doctoral students from the N8 universities in both natural science and social science disciplines carrying out research within the broad topic of agri-food. It is the first in a series of seminars run by the N8 AgriFood programme (n8agrifood.ac.uk) designed to provide networking opportunities as well as exposure to interdisciplinary research and challenges across the agri-food spectrum: sustainable food production,